Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-10-14
THE GAME LAW.

| THE LAW AGAINST SHOOTING ON LAM
WITHOUT PERMISSION.
By request we publish the game law OF
Virginia as follows:
Chap. 369 An Act to amend and re-
enact section l of chapter 5l4 AcIs OF
1884. entitled an act approved MARCH
8. 1880, respecting wild game, approved
March IS, 1884.
APPROVED MARCH 3, 1885.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly
of Virginia, That section one of chapter
five hundred and fourteen of the Acts OF
eighteen hundred and eighty-three ana
eighty-four, entitled an act to amend an
act approved March ninth, eighteen hun
dred and eighty, respecting wild game,
approved March eighteenth. eighteen hun
dred and eighty-four, be amended and re-
enacted, SO as to read as follows:
Il. 1t shall not be lawful, west OF the
Blue Ridge mountain, to kill or capture
pheasants or wild turkeys, between Feb
ruary first and September fifteenth; and
partridges between January first and
October fifteenth; or deer between Janua-
ry first and August fifteenth; nor else
where in the State, cartridges, pheasants.
or wild turkeys. between January fifteenth
dAd 0CUOOCl aiICCuUI, VI OCCL DOoWSOh
January first and August fifteenth; nor
shall it be lawful within the State to take
or destroy the eggs of any such wild fowl,
or catch any such wild fowl with nets or
traps; and the possession of any such eggs
or wild game shall be prima facie evidence
of violation of this act: provided, that
in the county of Rockbridge, no one shall
be allowed to capture or kill cartridges
between the fifteenth of January and the
fifteenth of October; and in the counties
of Essex, Northumberland and West
moreland, between the first of February
and the first of November of each year;
and in Accomac, Norfolk county and
Princess Anne, between the fifteenth of
February and the fifteenth of November;
and in Augusta, Caroline and Hanover,
between the first Of January and the fit
teenth of October: and provided. further,
that in the said counties of Augusta. Car
oiine and Hanover, it shall be lawful for
any person to net cartridges on his own
land between the fifteenth day of October
and the first day of January: and prOvid-
ed, further, that partridgeS may be killed
in the counties Of Washington and Smyth.
from the first day Of October until the
first day of February: and provided, fur
Their. that nothing in this act shall operate
to change in any way the law now in
force with regard to the subject CT this
act, so far as it applies to the counties of
Patrick and Henry; and this act shall be
operative. except where otherwise provid-
ed by law.
2. This act shall be in force from its
passage.
And, also, by request, we publish the
following law which is of interest to both
hunters and land owners;
If any person shall hunt, shoot. fowl or
range, with or without dogs, on the lands
of another. without the consent of the
owner or tenant Of such lands, or shoot
along any public road, or in the streets of
any town or village, in any of the coun-
ties of this Commonwealth, on tue lands
comprehended in the survey of any pro-
prietOr, be shall be deemed guilty of a
trespass, and shall be fined for each offence
five dollars-the fine to be double in every
instance if the offence be committed in
the night or on Sunday-for the use of the
.oWner or tenant OF the lands. and for the
Commonwealth when the offence is COM
mitted IN the public roads or in the streets
of any town or village, to be recovered by
warrant before any justice Of the peace,
together. with all costs and charges at
tending the collection of the same, and
shall, moreover, forfeit as aforesaid, his
gun and shooting apparatus, and his dog
or dogs shall be killed if the justice shall,
in his discretion, SO order; and when any
person shall be convicted third time of
said offence, the justice rendering judg-
ment therefor shall require him to enter
into a recognjZance, with sufficient secu-
rity, for his good behavior for twelve
months; or. if he fail to give such securi-
ty, to commit him to Jail fer one month,
no oh
zance to be forfeited it such person offend
as aforesaid within the time limited in
the recognlZance.
Such offenders may be arrested by any
citizen or citiZ5ns of this Common wealth,
with or without q warrant, either on land
or water, or pursued to and taken in their
vessels or other means or conveyance,
which may be held while the offenders are
carried before a justice of the peace, who
shall proceed to try the case as any other
coming before him. and give Judgment
according to the provisions of this act;'
and if the offender does not, on Judgment
being rendered against him, pay down and
deliver up the forfeitures, COSTS aud ex-
penses incurred under this act, he shall be
committed to Jail by the justice rendering
Judgment for one month, or until the
same is paid and delivered up.
When any person shall be convicted a
third time of any of the offences aforesaid
the justice rendering Judgment therefor
shall require him, over and above the
forfeitures and penalties for failure of
payment imposed by this act, to give rec
ogniZance with sufficient security, for one
hundred dollars, to be of good behavior
for year; or if he fail to give such secu-
rity, commit him to Jail for two months,
unless it be sooner given to the satiSfac-
tion of the justice requiring said recogni-
zance. Such recognizance shall be for
feited, if such person offend as aforesaid
within the time limited in the recogni-
Zance.
The Flood Of Amusements at Our Fair.
There will be more amusements for the
people at the Fair of next week than any
fair ever held here before.
The authorities have been active to Sc
cure entertainment, and Miss Myrtle Peek
with her splendid combination, Will each
day of the fair give npon the track sucf
races as have never been witnessed in tht
South: Roman standing races, half mile
heats, riding two horses and making the
wonderful time of 56H seconds; mile heats
to skeleton wagons driving two horses al
the top of their speed; five mile racel
changing horses every mile without touch
ing the ground, covering the entire dis